Will sealing off Fallujah incite more violence or increase the likelihood?

[Earth_First]

I cannot seem imagine how they would feel sealing off Fallujah would do anything other than fan the flames. I simply fail to see how sealing off Fallujah in order to curb violence against American and coalition forces makes sense. Iraq is has an ideology against the occupation, not just an isolated area within Iraq. Weekend long protests occured throughout the nation, including occupation demonstrations outside the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

Who's running this show anyways...

[stellanoir]

1. why not put a humongous wall around it. . .

and we could have our very own Gaza/ West Bank.

It's working so smashingly well in Israel.

(sarcasm off)

[caledesi]

2. stellanoir - that is good! nt

[Brotherjohn]

3. Bulldoze homes, execute "criminals" via military (no trial), sealing off..

... entire towns.

We're following the Israeli anti-terror handbook. It's worked really well for them, hasn't it?

Well, it HAS reaped a few dozen U.N. Resolutions condemning Israel.

[jpak]

4. We will destroy Fallujah in order to save it

Unfortunately, Zippos don't work that well on mudbrick/concrete...

[placton]

5. Thank God we got rid of Saddam, with

-his prisons where people were locked up without cause, and "disappeared" with no access to lawyers or family
-extermination of thousands of innocent people
-taking away freedoms, like of the press, speech, religion, etc
-letting a tiny minority rule the vast majority


Oh, wait, we are doing those things, too!

[ewagner]

6. Short term vs long term

In the short term sealing of Fallujah, may stop the violence in the city. In the long term it will increase the violence elsewhere.